Re: COPY TABLE TO

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Paul Punett" <paul(dot)punett(at)shazamteam(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: COPY TABLE TO
Date: 2003-12-22 15:12:40
Message-ID: 15966.1072105960@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Paul Punett" <paul(dot)punett(at)shazamteam(dot)com> writes:
> I need count as the first record? Any suggestions please ?

SQL does not guarantee any particular ordering of rows in a table.
You cannot do what you're doing and expect it to be reliable.

You could do something like this: add a sequence-number column to your
table and then do "SELECT ... ORDER BY seqno" to extract the data in
a controlled order.

regards, tom lane

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